From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Mar 22 9:21:15 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from pumba.nur.ac.rw (pumba.nur.ac.rw [216.147.148.9]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F9C137B419 for ; Fri, 22 Mar 2002 09:19:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from [216.147.148.12] (account ) by pumba.nur.ac.rw (CommuniGate Pro WebUser 3.4.2) with HTTP id 2970881 for ; Fri, 22 Mar 2002 17:19:19 +0000 From: "mike ndabarasa" Subject: Fwd: ftp installation To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailer: CommuniGate Pro Web Mailer v.3.4.2 Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2002 17:19:19 +0000 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="_===2970881====pumba.nur.ac.rw===_" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This is a multi-part MIME message --_===2970881====pumba.nur.ac.rw===_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit NDABARASA MIKE *** CCNA(Cisco Certified Network Associate) *** *** CCAI(Cisco Certified Academy Instructor) *** National University of Rwanda COMPUTING CENTRE E-mail: mike@nur.ac.rw Voice: office (+250)530666 mobile (+250)08425269 ============================================================ Felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas *** &&& $$$ &&& *** Heureux celui qui comprend l'ultime raison des choses ============================================================ --- the forwarded message follows --- --_===2970881====pumba.nur.ac.rw===_ Content-Type: message/rfc822 From: "mike ndabarasa" Subject: Re: ftp installation To: Bob Bomar X-Mailer: CommuniGate Pro Web Mailer v.3.4.2 Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2002 16:55:20 +0000 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <20020321133039.GB9227@peitho.fxp.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit my worry is: i want to install freebsd on a notebook.this one is a sony VAI0) and it doesn't have either a CD driver or a floppy driver. so i can't either boot from a Freebsd CD or installation floppies. but since it has a modem and a PCMCIA card i still can get a connection to our network and therefore to the internet. how do i start installtion without bootable CD/floppies ? thanx On Thu, 21 Mar 2002 08:30:39 -0500 Bob Bomar wrote: > On Thu, Mar 21, 2002 at 09:34:36AM +0000, mike ndabarasa > wrote: > > hello, > > i have one question: how do i prepare an existing > freebsd > > box so that i can install freebsd on a laptop by ftp to > that > > box ? > > > > Look at the FreeBSD Handbook: > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/index.html > > Its the bible of FreeBSD. > > -- > |------------------------------------| > | Bob Bomar | > | bulldog@fxp.org | > | http://fly.homeunix.org/~bob | > |====================================| > | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve | > | http://www.FreeBSD.org | > |------------------------------------| NDABARASA MIKE *** CCNA(Cisco Certified Network Associate) *** *** CCAI(Cisco Certified Academy Instructor) *** National University of Rwanda COMPUTING CENTRE E-mail: mike@nur.ac.rw Voice: office (+250)530666 mobile (+250)08425269 ============================================================ Felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas *** &&& $$$ &&& *** Heureux celui qui comprend l'ultime raison des choses ============================================================ --_===2970881====pumba.nur.ac.rw===_-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message